Car-seat.



F. BENNETT.

CAR SEAT. APPLICATION HLED OCT. 18. I9I3. RENEWED OCT. 26, IBM. 1,267,500, Patented May 2s,191s..

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- CAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 18. 1913. RENEWED OCT. 26. I917. 1,267,50Q.

F. BENNETT.

2 SHEETS-QSHEET 2.

Patented May 28,1918.

FREDERICK BENNETT, OF RAVENSWOOD, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO WALKER &

BENNETT MANUFACTURING TION OF NEW YORK.

COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORA- CAR-SEAT.

Application filed October 18, 1913, Serial No. 795,981.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnnnnrox BENNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ravenswood, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car seats, of the walkover type, or that type in which the back of the seat is shifted from one side of the seat to the other.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a seat which is capable of being swung upon its pedestal to an upright or substantially upright position, to make a clearance between the pedestal and the wall of the car for cleaning purposes, and for gaining ready access to the heating pipes and other apparatus usually located adjacent to the Wall of the car.

' Incidently, the invention has for an object, to provide a construction whereby the seat nay be bodily removed from the pedestal without disturbing the pedestal and to provide a lock between the free end of the seat and a suitable wall-bracket, or a bracket supported adjacent to the wall of the car, and astill further object is to provide means whereby the back may be readily shifted from one side to the other together with the shiftable connected parts.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the parts of the seat back which operate the rockers to shift the same from one side of the seat to the other, that it will permit the positioning of the seat sufliciently above the floor of the car to clear the heating pipes, etc., usually located along the floor of the car, adjacent to the wall.

Referring to the drawings- Figure 1 is a front view of the seat, in tilted position, the seat and back cushions being indicated in dotted lines;

' Fig. 2 is a transverse central section, looking toward the wall of the car, pedestal and cushions being indicated in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the seat; the cushion being removed; 7

Fig. 4 is a detail vertical section of the aisle end plate and adjacent parts, taken about on line a-a of Fig. 3;

.Fig. 5 is a detail perspective. view of the locking means carried by the wall end-plate;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the back-standards Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28;, 1918.

Renewed October 26, 1917. Serial No. 198,742.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of the upper portion of a pedestal arm, showing in juxtaposition thereto, the T-connection by which the pedestal is connected with the tie-rods of the seat.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the pedestal which is formed of a lower part 2 adapted to be attached to the floor, and an upper part 3 formed with a horizontal portion 4: and upwardly extending arms 5, which are separably connected with the tie-rods 5 which connect the endplates. The horizontal portion of the upper part of the pedestal is hinged to the lower part by means of a clip 6 provided centrally with a slot 7 for the passage of a stud 8 integral with the horizontal portion a of the upper pedestal part. This stud and slot arrangement is for the purpose'of limiting the swinging movement of the seat, for obviously when this stud engages the lower end of the slot the seatcan be rocked no farther. The stud has other functions which will be later described.

The numeral 9 designates the outer endplate and the numeral 10 designates the inner or wall end-plate. These end-plates are preferably formed of pressed steel and are provided with inwardly extending flanges 11, so as to form a housing for the track, lock mechanism, etc.

The numeral 12 designates a track formed with upper rails 13, and lower rails 14 and it will be understood that these tracks are duplicated in each end-plate. The lower rail 14: of the track is shorter than the upper rail, thus forming recesses 15 to receive one or the other of antifriction rollers 16 carried on short studs on the broadened ends of standards, the back cushion is secured. Connecting the lower ends of the backstandards is a rod 18 having a dropped central portion 19 which extends through an elongated slot 20 in the side bars of the foot-rest 21, which side-bars are connected by a cross-bar 22. The side bars of the footrest are pivoted upon a central rod 23 which extends between the endplates and is rigidly secured to a cross-bar 24 on each endplate, and these side-bars are extended above their pivots and are provided with laterally extending studs 25 which work in yokes 26 mounted centrally upon rockers 27 which support the seat-cushion. These rockers rest upon the tie-rods 5 and are provided With inclined underneath surfaces 28 so that when the rockers are shifted, the proper inclination relative to the back of the seat will be given to the cushion.

So that the seat may be readily lifted from: the pedestal, I employ as connecting means. between the arms of the pedestal and the tie-rods 5 T-connections 27 with the threaded and provided with nut 31 Which is screwed down on the top of the plate 29, thus securing/the end-plate to the horizontal portion of the upper pedestal-member. By this arrangement, when the seat; is-rocked upward, the tie rods are prevented from slipping. throngh the T-connections. VWhen it; isv desired toren ove the seat bodily from the pedestal, the nut is removed, when obvieusly, the seat may he lifted from the pedestal;

The numeral 32 designates the wallbracket which may be secured, in any suitable way, to the wall of the car, or in some circumstances, it may be supported by a pedestal adjacent to the wall of the car. This bracketis formed with laterally ex tending side flanges 33 and a bottom flange 3,4; which forms a seat for the inner end plate the car. seat. The numeral 3.5 desig- Jnates a sliding lock which is provided at opposite ends with heads 36 and has integral therewith a head 37 provided with two sioitlders 38.. This look, as shown in Figs. Zand SrcStS 1 011, thebottom flange 39 of the inner or wall end-plate 10,, and slides thereon. The bottom flange of the 'endplate, as well as the bottom flange 34 of the wall-bracket, is provided with an elongated slot 40; through which the narrowed portion of the head- 38 extends, so. that the head is brought into, position below the $4 to engage one or the other edge of the slot. The lock is guided and its lateral motion is limited by a pinl, passing through a slot 42 in the sliding lock.

On, thewall side of the seat, the rod 18' is extended througha broadened portion of thebaek standard and presents a short stud 48, adapted to engage the heads 36 of the lock when the seat-back shifted troin one side to the other. When the seatback has beenthrown over sufficiently far to cause the. lug 43 to engage one of the heads 36, but short of its entire movement,

the sliding loek Will be forced to a central position wherein the head 37' may be with ee-we drawn through the clongated slot of the l e d-plat In; his p sitie i, ebviously, the seat may be rocked ont of the bracket, but when the seatback occupies its final position in either direction when one of its lower inclined edges rests upon the flange 39, the stud 48 will have forced the sliding lock to a position where one oftheshoulders 38 will be in engagement with the under face of the, flange 34;, liencelocking the seat iv he ira l i k In operation, when it is desired to shift the had: from the position shown in full ne Fig- 2 o a posi i n p ise y rp s t force applied to the b ack which will lift the, outer roller out o its recess 15, when'th'e back will travel across the seat, guided by the, tracks. This movement will cause the rod 18 to operate upon the foot-rest, rocking it uponits pivot 23 and through the stud and yoke connections between the rockers, said rockers will be shifted,- carrying the cushion with them. YVhen'it is desired to unlock the seat from the wall-bracket, the back is forced overuntil the lug 43 engages the head: 36 of the sliding lock and when the lock has'been forced to' central position, the seat'is rocked on its pivot, using the back as a means forthrowing'it over. I

Having thus fnlly described my said invention, what I is:

1. A car seat, having in combination a seat hinged at one end to a fixedi support and detachably supported at the other end, back standards, means for locking the detachably supported end of the seat"to its support, and means carriec l by the backstandards for unlocl ring the detachable end ofthe seat, so as to' permit it to be raised.

car seat, having in combination flanged end plates; a seat detachably supported at oneend by a flan'ged'support and hinged to a pedestal at the other end, a seat back, means'fo'r guiding theseat back and tachable end of the seat to be'lifted.

v flanges; and 39, of the wall-bracket, and i 3. A car seat, having in combination a seat hinged at one end to a pedestal and detachably supported at the other. endby a' flanged end plate j standards, means for shifting said back standards from oneside of the seatto' the other, a slidable' lockadapted to lock the detachable end ofthe seat to the flanged end plate; end heads carried-by" the slidable lock, and a rod carried by the back standards for shifting the slidable look, so as to permit the detachable end of the seat to be raised and swung over upon the pedestal.

at. A car seat, having in combination a seat hinged at one end to a pedestal and detachably supported at the other end, means for locking the detachable end of the seat to its support; means for disconnecting the hinged end of the seat from its pedestal; back standards provided With means for shifting the same from one side of the seat to the other; and means carried by the back standards for unlocking the detachable end of the seat, so as to permit the seat to be lifted from its respective end supports.

5. A car seat, having in combination a seat detachably supported at one end and hingedly supported at the other end; a track at each end; back standards; a slidable lock for temporarily locking the detachable copies of this patent may be obtained for end of the seat to its support; and a connecting rod carried by said back standards, adapted to unlock the slidable lock, so as to permit said detachable end of the seat to be lifted.

6. In a car seat, locking mechanism comprising a flange suitably supported, said flange having a slot or recess and a correlative member supported by a car seat, said member having a double flanged head projecting therefrom, said head being adapted to pass through said slot or recess of the flanged support slide so as to effect a locking relation between the car seat and supporting flange.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FREDERICK BENNETT.

Witnesses TITIAN W. JOHNSON, J. BRUN, J r.

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